“A major new studio recording from
Charlemagne Palestine. Based on
Palestine’s use of electronic drones, the piece
points into a new direction. Palestine made
recordings of the Jamaica Day parade in New
York City — where people from Jamaica,
Guyana, Cuba, Haiti and other places come to
dance, sing, eat and drink. These field
recordings of shouting people, passing
parade floats and helicopters hovering
overhead are interwoven with the electronic
sonorities. Together they give a completely
new dimension to Charlemagne’s work:
Jamaica Heinekens in Brooklyn is colorful,
exciting, trance enducing and it slowly unfolds
into a magic experience.”